diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9106b2a..d6c01c4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 /pkg/
 /spec/reports/
 /tmp/
+/.rspec_status
diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34c5164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+--format documentation
+--color
+--require spec_helper
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f82aa41..e19ce84 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -6,7 +6,21 @@ PATH
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
+    diff-lcs (1.4.4)
     rake (12.3.2)
+    rspec (3.10.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.10.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.10.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.10.0)
+    rspec-core (3.10.1)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.10.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.10.1)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.10.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.10.2)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.10.0)
+    rspec-support (3.10.2)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -14,6 +28,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   imbecile!
   rake (~> 12.0)
+  rspec (~> 3.0)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
    2.1.4
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 43022f7..b7e9ed5 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require "rspec/core/rake_task"
+
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
+
 task :default => :spec
diff --git a/imbecile.gemspec b/imbecile.gemspec
index 72ca074..59ceb58 100644
--- a/imbecile.gemspec
+++ b/imbecile.gemspec
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.bindir        = "exe"
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.0"
 end
diff --git a/spec/imbecile_spec.rb b/spec/imbecile_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..914c2ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/imbecile_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+RSpec.describe Imbecile do
+  it "has a version number" do
+    expect(Imbecile::VERSION).not_to be nil
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f772d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "imbecile"
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  # Enable flags like --only-failures and --next-failure
+  config.example_status_persistence_file_path = ".rspec_status"
+
+  # Disable RSpec exposing methods globally on `Module` and `main`
+  config.disable_monkey_patching!
+
+  config.expect_with :rspec do |c|
+    c.syntax = :expect
+  end
+end